Yes, according to Phillip Webster, the well-connected political editor of the Times, who suggested in today's paper that the former foreign secretary could return to cabinet in a reshuffle being planned by Gordon Brown for the autumn.

The foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, called yesterday for deep cuts in the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals, in a signal that the new Brown government will make disarmament a foreign policy priority.

The foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, today urged Japan to join Britain in taking the lead in building a low-carbon global economy, as a divided G8 prepares to discuss climate change at next month's summit in Germany.